Determining the contralateral breast dose during radiotherapy of breast cancer using rainbow dosimeter
External beam radiotherapy is being used regularly to treat the breast malignancy postoperatively. The contribution of the collimator leakage and scatter radiation dose to contralateral breast is of concern because of high radio sensitivity of breast tissue for carcinogenesis. This becomes more impo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Radiation Research and Applied Sciences |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1687850714000600 |